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Tour de France Rookie Nearly Steals a Stage

'Domestique' Frischkorn Was the Last Rider to Make His Team

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Joe Lindsey

Updated July 7, 2008 5:53 p.m. ET

Bicycling Magazine continues its daily dispatches from the Tour de France for The Wall Street Journal with a report from the third stage.

NANTES, France -- Perhaps no team in this year's Tour de France has seen a faster rise in pro cycling than the Garmin-Chipotle outfit. Last year, the team formerly known as Slipstream was not even in the race. This year they were invited and showed up with a nine-man team, over half of whom are first-time Tour racers.